# Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Risk Management — SAUDI AIRLINES

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Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Type: full_time · Level: lead
Monthly salary: AED 11,760 to 17,640 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-10-19
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## Description

Role Purpose

Lead the development, implementation, and continuous enhancement of the organization’s cybersecurity risk management framework to ensure enterprise-wide identification, assessment, treatment, and monitoring of cyber risks. Oversee strategic risk governance, ensure compliance with national regulations and global standards, and provide executive-level guidance to support informed decision-making. Drive organizational alignment, influence senior stakeholders, and lead a team to strengthen the cybersecurity risk posture across internal functions, cloud environments, and third-party ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and govern the organization’s cybersecurity risk management strategy, framework, and policies aligned with regulatory requirements (e.g., NCA), industry standards, and corporate goals.

• Establish enterprise-wide risk governance mechanisms, including risk committees, reporting structures, and escalation protocols.

• Define risk appetite and tolerance levels in collaboration with executive leadership.

• Oversee and guide complex, high-impact cybersecurity risk assessments covering systems, cloud services, emerging technologies, digital initiatives, and third-party relationships.

• Review and approve major assessment findings, treatment plans, and residual risk acceptances.

• Own and manage the enterprise cybersecurity risk register, ensuring risks are accurately identified, categorized, quantified, and regularly updated.

• Ensure risk assessments are performed consistently and accurately across all business units.

• Lead cross-functional reviews of risk treatment implementation, ensuring accountability with technology, business, and vendor stakeholders.

• Deliver periodic, executive-level cybersecurity risk posture reports and dashboards.

• Act as the primary senior point of contact for cybersecurity risk discussions with executives, regulators (e.g., NCA), audit entities, and external partners.

• Provide strategic guidance to business and technology leaders on cyber risk prioritization, investment decisions, and acceptable levels of exposure.

• Promote a risk-aware culture through leadership engagement, awareness, and structured communication.

• Continuously monitor emerging threats, vulnerabilities, technologies, and industry best practices, translating insights into actionable improvements within the risk management framework.

• Lead periodic maturity assessments and drive improvements in methodologies, tools, and practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eleven years’ work experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology or any related discipline.

• Relevant professional certification preferred.

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